What backup method(s) do you use?

[Les Mikesell]

On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 12:25, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> On 4/18/06, Benjamin Franz <snowhare at nihongo.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> >
> > > I would like to know what backup methods do you use for your data. So
> > > far, I am aware of:
> > >
> > > - cp/scp
> > > - rync
> > > - rdiff-backup
> > > - archiving and relocating (tar, gz, bzip2, zip)
> >
> > An in-house Perl script that uses rsync over ssh along with hardlinking to
> > create a set of 8 daily, 5 weekly, 3 monthly and 2 quarterly backups in a
> > set of directories that appear as full image backups on a dedicated
> > machine while taking about the same disk space as a single full
> > backup+diffs. It currently handles about 20 servers with around a terabyte
> > of data net. I've been using it for something like 5 years now.
> >
> > --
> > Benjamin Franz
> >
> 
> Sweet!

Note that backuppc does approximately the same thing, but also
allows tar, smb, or rsync to be used for the transfers, compresses
the data besides linking duplicates, and gives you a nice
web interface for browsing backups and doing restores.

-- 
  Les Mikesell
   lesmikesell at gmail.com